week5 Mate Selection-optional

Alejandra Gutierrez Arana

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According to the Construct Validation of a Triangle Love Scale article, the three components of intimate relationships are intimacy, passion, and commitment (Sternberg, 1997). Intimacy is the feeling of being close, connected, and bonded in relationships. Passion is the drives that lead to romance and physical and sexual attraction in relationships. Commitment is the short or long term that one commits to another to maintain love. All three of these are necessary in romantic relationships. Although, these three components are used in many different ways. The amount of each component is different in each relationship. Relationships that vary on these component differ because they produce different kinds of love. There can be non-love, empty love, romantic love, companionate love, fatuous love, or complete love. These can be the outcomes when the three components of the triangle are more prominent or less prominent in the relationship.

Jessica Louis

Mate Selection-optional

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How might a psychologist study “mate selection” based on each of these four levels of psychological analysis (biological, individual, social, and cultural)?